Epidemiology of invasive fungal disease in children

ZD Pana, E Roilides, A Warris, AH Groll… - Journal of the Pediatric …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Considerable progress has been made in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of
pediatric patients with invasive fungal disease (IFD). The reported decreasing trend in the …

Echinocandin antifungal drugs in fungal infections: a comparison

SCA Chen, MA Slavin, TC Sorrell - Drugs, 2011 - Springer
This review compares the pharmacology, spectrum of antifungal activity, pharmacokinetic
and pharmacodynamic properties, safety and clinical efficacy of the three licensed …

Invasive fungal infection and impaired neutrophil killing in human CARD9 deficiency

A Drewniak, RP Gazendam, ATJ Tool… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Caspase recruitment domain–containing protein 9 (CARD9) is an adaptor molecule in the
cytosol of myeloid cells, required for induction of T-helper cells producing interleukin-17 …

Candida parapsilosis is a significant neonatal pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Pammi, L Holland, G Butler, A Gacser… - The Pediatric …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Candida is the third most common cause of late-onset neonatal sepsis in
infants born at< 1500 g. Candida parapsilosis infections are increasingly reported in preterm …

Risk factors and predictors for candidemia in pediatric intensive care unit patients: implications for prevention

TE Zaoutis, PA Prasad, AR Localio… - Clinical Infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. Candida species are the leading cause of invasive fungal infections in
hospitalized children and are the third most common isolates recovered from patients with …

Two independent killing mechanisms of Candida albicans by human neutrophils: evidence from innate immunity defects

RP Gazendam, JL van Hamme… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Invasive fungal infections, accompanied by high rates of mortality, represent an increasing
problem in medicine. Neutrophils are the major effector immune cells in fungal killing. Based …

A review of Candida species causing blood stream infection

S Giri, AJ Kindo - Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2012 - Elsevier
The incidence of candidemia has been on a rise worldwide. The epidemiology of invasive
fungal infections in general and of candidemia in particular has changed in the past three …

Prospective multicenter study of the epidemiology, molecular identification, and antifungal susceptibility of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida …

E Cantón, J Pemán, G Quindós, E Eraso… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A 13-month prospective multicenter study including 44 hospitals was carried out
to evaluate the epidemiology of Candida parapsilosis complex candidemia in Spain …

Changing epidemiology of candidaemia: Increase in fluconazole‐resistant Candida parapsilosis

A Mesini, M Mikulska, DR Giacobbe, F Del Puente… - Mycoses, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim During the last decade a continuous increase in non‐albicans species isolation has
been observed with Candida parapsilosis being one of the leading species. Aim of this study …

Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of invasive candidiasis in haematology, oncology and intensive care settings, 2021

C Keighley, L Cooley, AJ Morris… - Internal Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with haematological malignancies, haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and
patients requiring admission to intensive care settings are at high risk for invasive …